For this one you need to look at the photos... and even then they don't do justice. We've been back two days from trekking more than 160km around the Cordillera Huayhuash, south of Huaraz, for 12 days. It's been wonderful, and if you're ever this way, look up Juan and his dad, Merino, and get them to take you. We're really feeling the effects of not being there, spending every day up in those mountains, close to glaciers and glacial lakes, cro...

Hello... A quick catch up... Since the last diary entry, we've flown from Iquitos to Lima, where we spent a good few days moseying around the streets of Miraflores (the posh and very comfortable part of Lima), enjoying a bit of western luxury in the form of TGI Fridays (we should be ashamed!) and English language bookshops... and a fabulous night of Peruvian dancing!! On Sunday (24th September) we got the bus up here to Huaraz in the Andes. It's wonderful...